Reprinted from Wake Genealogy Watch newsletter, Spring 2026, Vol.9.4 Have you found any Patriots on your family tree? I know you know to look for the soldiers. Did you know to look for signers of the Declaration of Independence or members of the Continental Congress? Have you found anyone on a Safety Committee or who took an Oath of Fidelity?   Did you know that even women could qualify if they were involved in various support or heroic rolls during the course of the war?   If you haven’t found your Patriot yet, go back and look for mention of any of these qualifiers from a list of auxiliary roles provided by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) at their War Service page on their website. The standard used by DAR to define Patriotic Service is surprisingly broad and inclusive. You might be surprised to find that an ancestor who never picked up a rifle still qualifies as a Patriot. What Counts as Patriotic Service? The DAR recogniz...